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title: "Former Villa title-winning keeper Jimmy Rimmer dead at 78"
description: "Both outlets reported the death of former Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer at the age of 78, highlighting his role in Villa’s 1981 First Division title win. Arab News Pakistan provided a slightly more detailed excerpt, mentioning his \"ever-present\" status during the championship season and noting the competition was the forerunner of the Premier League. ARY News (English) repeated the headline without additional context."
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# Former Villa title-winning keeper Jimmy Rimmer dead at 78

sports · latest filing 14 Aug 2026, 4:38 PM PKT · 14 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported the death of former Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer at the age of 78, highlighting his role in Villa’s 1981 First Division title win. Arab News Pakistan provided a slightly more detailed excerpt, mentioning his "ever-present" status during the championship season and noting the competition was the forerunner of the Premier League. ARY News (English) repeated the headline without additional context.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ARY News (English)** — [Former Villa title-winning keeper Jimmy Rimmer dead at 78](https://arynews.tv/former-villa-title-winning-keeper-jimmy-rimmer-dead-at-78) · 14 Aug 2026, 4:38 PM PKT
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Former Villa title-winning keeper Jimmy Rimmer dead at 78](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654672/sport) · 14 Aug 2026, 8:08 AM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing
  > LONDON: Aston Villa’s 1981 First Division title-winning goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer has died at the age of 78. Rimmer was ever-present as Villa were crowned champions of England, in the forerunner of the Premier League. But he is best remembered for being forced off with a neck injury after only nine minutes as the team won the European Cup the following year, beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in the final...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 14 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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